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Can someone tell me about pay by audio minute/page? - aes


Posted: Sep 28, 2013

I am getting ready to test for this company (not medical) for a transcription job. They advised me that their starting pay (depending on account) is 0.40 per audio minute up to $1.25 per audio minute and then they have some accounts that pay 0.65 per page up to $1.75 per page. Does anyone know if I could make decent money doing this full-time? I know it depends on speed and quality of audio (which is supposed to be good) but I am just wondering how things go based on this type of pay option. Thanks!

.40 per audio minute - sm

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$.40 per audio minute = $24.00 per audio hour. By rule of thumb, it takes 3 to 4 hours to transcribe one audio hour. That means you would earn $6 to $8 per hour at $.40 per audio minute.

At $.65 per page, you would have to type 20 pages per hour to make $13.00 per hour, and if those were FULL pages (rather than just a paragraph or two) you would probably be looking at around $6.50 per hour.

Thank you! sm - aes

[ In Reply To ..]
This makes a lot of sense! Thanks so much!


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